ever heard of the "powers that be?" Its real.
Howdy Steve

How are you. Haven't heard any replys from you lately. I thought maybe I said something offending to you somewhere along the line. Yea, I know, I'm not man enough to piss ya offl, but you haven"t responded since you threatened to kick my fanny for not moving.
Well, if you read my thread about tearin down the studio, you'd know I'm on my way soon. The fight with the DA was absolutely mind boggling, and I now know how the system works. It ain't nice, and neither are they. Heres a story for you to illustrate what is going on in this state. Please accept my apology for hanging my laundry here,
but someone needs to tell others in the same boat what they are up against.
As my attorney said, there are HIGHER POWERS. He meant it. They litterally stole $29,000 from me and laughed. I had the option of fighting futher, but it would have cost me another $5k in attorney fees, and would have jeapordized me getting out of the system FOREVER. They don't fight fair. As it turned out, my attorney had overheard the FEMALE judge in the back room, say she was going to make an example of me. Ha! Imagine that. Impartial. Thats a joke. He called his best friend at the last minute. His friend is the guy that assigns temporary judges to cases, and he sent a MALE judge in on the last court date. This judge had to reprimand the DA in person, to keep the DA from getting the lein money from my house. They fought like hell for 15 minutes over $30,000. Finally, the judge told the DA to sit down and keep quiet. He then ordered the money split and distributed to my kids and ex-wife. My ex jumped up and asked why it was not ALL given to her, to distribute. The judge exclaimed, "because I don't trust you!!!" Hahahahahahaha!!!!

Well, now that I know how things work here, (and how many guys are getting financially and emotionally screwed is another story) I will leave this state never to return. I am no longer nieve.
Sorry for the rant. Right now the emotional scars from 20 yrs of dealing with the DA are still sore. And most of them are women. Didn't mean to drag my shit in here, but I suggest to ANYONE who is under the thumb of the DA in their state, for child support arrears, to IMMEDIETLY get an attorney and ask for an ACCOUNTING> They don't like that. If you wait, you will loose. BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS PREJUDICE AGAINST MEN! I am living proof.
Do you know that when my attorney asked the judge for an accounting from the WELFARE POOL, the DA had the audacity, to say "its irrelevant your honor." We feel that Mr. Fitzpatrick in NOT entitled to know how we spend his money!!!!! Hows that for an illustration of the "powers that be". A thief in any other terms is still a thief. It ended up with the judge forcing them to show me how much they paid my ex wife. They paid her $18k out of $55k they garnished from my wages over time. But to get the information, we had to make a deal with the DA, first, not to fight any further, and to NOT tell my ex wife, so she wouldn't go after the balance. Ha!! They KEPT it. I don't care. She didn't get it cause she was too busy trying to screw me and didn't even think to ask them how much they had collected from me already. Trouble is, the judge gave me 60 days to sell my house to pay the lein to my ex, or they would ADD an additional $30k to the lein, WITH INTEREST since the day of my divorce.

I'm not going to let that happen. I put the house on the market the next day.
OK I'm done. No more personal stuff here. I just hope this story helps others though, cause this system is FUCKED UP!!!! Child support my ass. My kids never saw it.
Well Steve, sounds like you have a daughter that can take care of herself. You must be proud. But from knowing what little I do about you, its a no-brainer!! Wish my daughter had the same skills. Its usually" Dad, can you change my oil
Ok, gotta go now.
fitz
